Lü Jiaping

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2. Although not explicit, legal threats to journalists persist

By Madeline Earp

Even as China’s virtual landscape buzzes with criticism of social injustices, government policy, and propaganda directives, independent journalism and expression are still perceived by the Communist Party as explicit political threats. Authorities also exploit vague legal language to prosecute dissenters based on published content, or bypass due process altogether, holding critics without charge or without notifying family members.

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Chinese activists Lü Jiaping, his wife Yu Junyi, and an
associate, Jin Andi, were imprisoned in 2010 without their families being
informed. The full details of their 2011 trial and sentences were not made
public until 2012, according to the English-language Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post.